Crossword-Solution: CRISP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crisp | a. | Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair. |
| Crisp | a. | Curled with the ripple of the water. |
| Crisp | a. | Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. |
| Crisp | a. | Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. |
| Crisp | a. | Lively; sparking; effervescing. |
| Crisp | a. | Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. |
| Crisp | a. | To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees. |
| Crisp | a. | To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp. |
| Crisp | a. | To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking. |
| Crisp | v. i. | To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t. |
| Crisp | n. | That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CRISP | anagram | CRIPS, SCRIP |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CRISP (5)
His face was a fair weakness, his chin retreated, and his hair lay in crisp, almost flaxen curls on his low forehead; his eyes were rather large, pale blue, and blankly staring.
Such heaped up platters of cakes of various and almost indescribable kinds, known only to experienced Dutch housewives! There was the doughty doughnut, the tender oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes.
All these boys were in great spirits, and shouted to each other, until the broad fields were so full of merry music, that the crisp air laughed to hear it! "These are but shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost.
They lost count of the sounds around them, of the dropping of crisp ash from the grate, of the monotonous ticking of the clock, of the soft, almost imperceptible rustle of something on the floor close beside them.
From two directions two long files of infantry came plowing through the pack and press in silence; there was a low, crisp order and the crowd vanished, the square save the sidewalks was empty, the private mourner was gone.
Quotes with CRISP (3)
What I can make people do . . . it’s not what they want to do. It may sound corny, but I want people to like me for me, not because I can force them to or because of who my mom is or who I am in the Family. You know?” He raised his green gaze to my blue one. “That’s one of the things I like about you, Lila. You don’t care about any of that.”“Just one of the things?” I teased, trying to make him laugh a little, just so he’d forget his guilt and grief, if only for a few moments…
The divorce papers remained unopened in the crisp yellow envelope. He had thrown it on his desk without a backward glance. Between his lashes, his dark chocolate eyes burned with fury but there was something else in the depths that she hadn’t seen in a long time, passion.
Fairytales by nature only talk about the victors. The survivors. Nobody speaks about what happens to those who failed, except in the abstract: as cautionary tales to guide others onto the path to success. How many brave knights fell to the dragon before he was slayed by the noble prince? How many children burned to a crisp and eaten before the wicked witch received her due? These stories are lost, but the lesson behind them is not: it is not enough to be merely pure and good.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 233 times in crossword archives (1949–2025).